Ilanti Experiences Vunnaya?

[Diana]

A Lady With Long Hair

I just have one ghost acquaintance in my life. It was when I was studying in collage back in India. Those days I use to stay in hostel. I was 20, and my exams where going on. Both me and my friend saw it. It was around 1 AM, we were in the study hall preparing for the exam next day. There were a few more girls in the study hall.

After feeling tired of reading, and because it was so late at night I was feeling sleepy, so just for a change and to refresh, I looked out of the window. There in distance I saw a lady in white Saari (Traditional dress of Indian ladies), she was some 5' tall, had long black hair (it was knee length long), was combing it with her fingers. The best part is, this lady was not standing on the ground but she was at top of a house, I could see her so clearly because there was light from the street lamp above her.

I blinked my eyes, but still it was there. I did it again and again, but no change I could still see her. I showed it to my friend, she too could see her. We called the other girls, but by the time they came it was gone. I should say it faded away.

The next day after our exams, we (me and my friend) walked to the direction where we saw this lady the previous night. There was nothing, not even that house. The lamp post was there, but the bulb was broken and was covered with spider web.

I had totally forgotten about this incident, but now after reading the other stories, I remembered it. I still don't know what I saw that night. Was it my mind playing trick after I got exhausted studying, but how is it possible that my friend too saw it... Guess it was a ghost itself.

[Diana]

inka chalu ivi chadivaka malli post cheyochu.. :#<

[kakatiya]

Vuu diana

[SUbba LIngam]

nenu 7th class lo vunnapuudu.. maa voorilo jaatharaki poyina.. aa jaathara 12 years ki oka saari vasthadi... ooori bayata jaathara.. ma family members andaram vellam... appudu chinna poraganni kada.. edi padithe.. edi pedithe ani thine vadni... jathara lo kadupu gudu gudu start chesindi... akkada ikkada chusina... chuttu janalu thappa evaru leru... urgent aapukoleka... jaathra nunchi bayataki vachina... chuttu chetlu chemalu... edo okati ani... chettla loki urkina... akkada kontha mandi janalu unnaru... em cheyalo ardham avaledu... sare ani pakkaki chudagane oka kukka undi... kukka ane sariki bayam ayyi.. urkudu start chesina... kukka na enka paddadi... ala almost oka 10 mins aapakunda urikina... tarvata kukka maya ayindi... nenu ekkada unnao nake teliyaledu... full dense forest.. mali sudden ga nen cheyalsina pani gurthuku vachinidi...  chuttu pakkana evaru leru.. mundu pani kanicheddam ani... prashaanthamga kurchunna.... pani ayinpoyina tarvatha... water levu ani realize ayyina... ayya devuda ela ra ippudu anukutunte... venkala nunchi dentho tuduchuko ani evarooo aakulu icharu... aakulu peddaga neat ga undesariki sare ani pani kaanecha... tarvatha realize ayya... evadra naku aakulu ichinid ani... venakaliki tirigi chusthe evaru leru... almost 15 years itundi... aa aakulu ichinavadu evado ippatiki teleedu... 

 

neeku aakulu ichinde gaaka nuvvu tuduchukunna aakulu erkodaaniki undamantaava enti 

[Diana]

Vuu diana

apude anni chadivesara  :3D_Smiles:

[Maximus]

evarina chadivings a leda  think_ww

..post some more...

[Diana]

..post some more...

lol chaduvutunnara ok ..

[Diana]

A Mysterious Voice

I am not kind of person, who believes in ghosts or dead spirits, but earlier something was happened, which will always remain a mystery for me. I am from Ludhiana and this happened when I went to meet my relatives live in Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh. One night, there were only five members in the entire house: Me, my grandmother, uncle, aunt and my cousin. I was lying on a sofa and was talking to my grandmother, uncle and aunt while cousin was sleeping in a room located on the upper floor of the house.

It was around 11 pm when I noticed that someone has switched off the light of gallery. (Don't say electricity problem because we found the switch off.) As the room where we sat was far from the gallery, I was not able to see who was there. To confirm, I called my cousin's name 'Vikas'. In a reply, I heard 'Haan (Yes) ' from the other side. I was surprised! How he could reach there, as the only way to get to the gallery was the room where we were sitting?

I again called him with the louder voice and this time the reply was even louder. Third time I raised my voice and received the answer in the same tone. To check, I went to the gallery. To my surprise, there was nothing.

I went to Vikas's room and found him sleeping. He was unconscious and sweating. I woke him up and asked him about the gallery incident. He told me that he was sleeping and didn't come downstairs.

I was shocked. Who was there? It couldn't be thief as there is no way to enter that room apart from the place where I was with my relatives and it couldn't be my brain playing with me because the other members had heard that voice too.

Well, it will remain a mystery.

[Diana]

A Never Ending Night

My name is Niki from New Delhi. Since my childhood I've had several paranormal experiences. I always felt I could see and feel the supernatural. Being a kid, nobody believed me so I rather keep my experiences to myself and related it to those who faced similar experiences.

This incident occurred when I was in Kolkata during my college days. I used to rent a flat with five other girls. The flat was a two-story building with just two houses. One was ours and the other on the second floor belonged to two old ladies who never really interacted with us. They were weird anyways. It was a huge flat with three very big rooms. I used to stay in a single room, four girls in adjacent room and the last room was given to another girl. The four girls opted to stay together in the same room. There was a dining area in the centre with kitchen opposite to it. I always found the dining area very weird as the walls were black, as if they were burnt.

Three girls from the adjacent room used to work in call centres, so they arrived at 2:00am each day. That night Shweta (the girl from their group), the last room girl and I were chatting until late night in my room and we didn't realize when the clock struck 2:00 am. The other girls (Fatima, Mandeep and Neha) rung the bell. Now, we had a grill at the building entrance and the flat was in the floor, so we had to go down to the ground floor to open the gate if somebody comes at night. So Shweta and the last room girl went downstairs to open the gate for them. I was alone in the flat. Suddenly both of them came running. I was surprised and asked them what happened? They looked at me and said, "Niki, why did you shout so loudly and we could hear a loud sound". I was surprised. How is it possible for me not to hear that loud sound and shout in that 2:00 am silent night? We found it very strange but ignored the incident.

Days passed by quite normally, but each one of us in the flat always felt a spooky presence when alone.

That day was my last day in that house. All other girls had already shifted to different places. I found a place for myself too, and it was the last night I had to spend in that house. I remember all my furniture was already shifted to the new house. All I had in the house was my double bed mattress and a pair of clothes for me to wear for the next day.

It was around 12:30 am. I was speaking over the phone and lying on my mattress, which was placed on the floor as the bed was already shifted. The room door was closed (not locked). Suddenly the door opened of its own. Please bear in mind the door was a heavy wood door which cannot be moved by wind because first, it was tight. And second, it was an old age thick heavy door found in old houses. When the door opened, it moved me back. I could clearly sense somebody in the room. I kept my phone down. I was horrified by then. I could not move. I was still lying on the mattress. It was complete silence. I could hear somebody breathing. I could hear somebody walking on the floor barefoot. The sound was very clear and distinct. I wanted to move but could not. Somehow I gathered the courage to pick up the cell phone lying beside me and dialed my mom's number. I was crying and told my mom whatever was happening to me each second. My mother got to know immediately what it was and gave me the courage to fight the evil. She made me realise that power of God is always there to protect me. I always carry my God's picture in my purse. I somehow managed to grab my purse and take out God's picture. It gave me strength. I stated chanting the name of Lord repeatedly and could feel the energy fading. I then felt alone. Very alone. The whole night I could not sleep for a second. I continuously chanted prayers and waited for the sun to arise.

Many days later, after moving from that flat, I was once passing from the same area with some of my other friends and told them about my incident. One of my friends who stays near that same flat said that it was a haunted house and the whole area knows it. It once caught fire killing a man.

[Diana]

A Real Experience Of Mahie

I think this is a good platform for everyone to share their real experience. Here is mine: I am Mahie- a 15 year old girl and I really never believed in neither God nor Spirits. But this year's experience made me realize that this world contains of both Good and Bad energies.

It was our summer holidays and so I went to my maternal Uncle's house for a week. My cousin Srashti and I were really like best friends. Every night, we went to the street to play with all the children in the colony. When the second day, we were playing quiz, someone just picked up the topic of ghosts and spirits. One of the boys, named Keshav, told us that he learned black magic in Bangalore. I really didn't believe him when he said this. He told us that he will prove us.

He closed his eyes and told us all to sit in a circle; he sat in between us. Then he uttered some kind-of 'mantra' for a minute. Suddenly his eyes looked frozen. He started shaking his head and started crying. We all got scared. I still was not sure that he was joking or was in real suffering. Just in a minute, his legs and his whole body was in the air. It was as if he had no control over his body. I remembered his words he told me before saying that 'mantra'. He said "Please...just shake me after a minute or I'll lose control." I memorized it and shook him hardly. He suddenly came out of something and we saw a white shadow going out of his body. He rubbed his eyes and asked us what happened. When we told us, he said that a bad spirit had a control over his body.

We again started playing but every time, I felt some energy around me. Just then, lights went off. Everywhere was darkness. All the children started screaming of scariness. I held Srashti's hand because I was scared too. Then I couldn't believe what I saw. My eyes were just not able to believe that a fair, bearded man who wore a hat was standing in front of us. He laughed at all of us and then faded away.

The next day, when I went to the bathroom, in the mirror I saw the same man saying 'you won't believe it'. He was really talking to me. When I looked back to see that where is he, I saw nothing. I really got afraid and ran out of the bathroom.

When I told my parents about it, they said that I had an illusion.

I was a person who only believed in what she sees but now I really believe in Spirits!

They are scary... Beware of them...!

[Diana]

A Recurring Encounter

This is not a conventional ghost story. It has a paranormal entity involved in it but it turned out to be a noble one as I found out...

It was back in 1996, November 17th, when I was 21. I was on my way home to Harnai to visit my grand-parents house in Kokan region. I had left Mumbai late in the afternoon and had a flat tire on way so was delayed unexpectedly.

Harnai is a famous beach village in Kokan, There are two routes to go to Harnai. One via Khed -Dapoli where you take NH3 up to Bharana Naka and other via Goregaon-Ambet-Mandangad-Kelshi-Anjarle where you leave NH3 at Tole (a village, not toll) and take inner route after Goregaon. This is a short but pretty deserted and lonely route in the night. As I was getting late, I took this route.

It was about 11. 30 pm when I was on outskirts of Mandangad on way to Kelshi. I was surprised to see a girl waving her hand to my car. There was a small hill on right side of the road and a house at some distance from where the girl may have popped up.

Nevertheless, I stopped my car. The girl was about 15-16 years old. Coming close to passenger side seat, she knocked on the glass. I pulled down the glass and looked at her. She was strikingly sweet looking girl and there was a feeling of calmness on her face. She was wearing a salwar-kameez with the dupatta wrapped around her ears to prevent the cold. I asked her what was the matter, to which she replied,

"Mala Anjarlyala jaycha aahe, urgent aahe, sodtos ka?"

("I need to go to Anjarle urgently, will you drop me?")

I was bored on a long drive of about 7 hours and the delay anyway, and since Anjarle was on my way, I decided to give her the ride. At least I have found someone to talk to than just listening songs and driving. She sat on the passenger seat and we moved on.

We started talking after some time. Her name she told was Ratna and she had gone to see her uncle at Mandangad. She had missed the last bus that leaves at 10 in the night and had to reach Anjarle urgently as she was in 10th and had an early morning school. I was taken aback completely and asked her how her uncle allowed her to travel alone at this hour of the day to which she replied that she wanted to leave early, but uncle said he would drop her after dinner and he caught up with fever suddenly, so she had no option.

We kept on chatting on our way on different topics. In about an hour we had crossed Kelshi and were approaching Anjarle when she asked me to stop the car. I stopped and looked around. On my right side, there was a beach and on left was small hill...! Where was this girl going to go?

She got down from the car. I asked her where she was going to which she replied that her home was just behind the hill. I offered her to walk with her to safety of her house to which she replied very curtly,

"Nahi. Ithparyantach, pudhe nahi... Punha bheten kadhitari mi tula... Ja tu!"

("No, uptill here only, not ahead. I will meet you sometime again... Go away")

I noticed the change in her voice. She was pointing towards Anjarle village. Her face was motionless. I was about to say something but she gave me such a look that I decided not to argue more with her.

I got back in car and moved on. I reached my grandparents house in another half and hour and they both were surprised to see me reaching so late. I narrated them the whole incident and my encounter with Ratna. They both warned me not to stop there ever as that area is known for being haunted in the night. As I didn't believe in paranormal world then, I turned deaf ear to it and went to bed.

I had couple of rest days and visited Suvarnadurga fort which is an island fort like Janjira and Sindhudurga. I had a made few friends on my earlier visits to Harnai and we decided to have a day trip to Anjarle beach. After some time on beach, as we were relaxing, I saw a figure coming down the hill. It was a man of about 40 coming down on the road. He was surprised to see us as Anjarle beach is very lonely one.

I asked him where did he stay to which he replied he stayed on other side of hill. Something struck my mind... That was the exact location Ratna had mentioned...! I casually enquired about his family to which he replied, he had wife and 2 sons. No daughter. I asked him if there was another home nearby to which he replied, his was the only home there and rest all were fields. I asked him if he knows about a girl called Ratna staying nearby. He gave me weird look the moment I asked about her.

"Dada, Ratna mazi mulgi hoti. 10 varsha zali geli ti...!"

("Ratna was my daughter, she passed away 10 years ago.")

I had shock of life...! I could not utter a word for few moments... Slowly I gathered myself. How was it possible that the girl I met couple of days back was dead 10 years ago? I told him that I had dropped Ratna at that very point two nights back. He looked at me weirdly. I narrated him the whole story how I picked her at Mandangad after her uncle getting ill suddenly and her missing the last bus. He listened to it carefully and told me the other side of the story. Ratna was indeed coming form Mandangad on the night she had died. His brother was at Mandangad then who had got ill and Ratna had hitch-hiked a ride in a car after she had missed the bus. The car had met an accident at that very spot, as the driver was tired and felt asleep while driving. He survived with multiple injuries but Ratna had died on the spot!

I was not convinced still. It was possible that the girl I was talking about was a different girl with same name, Ratna.

I walked along with him to his house on other side of the hill. The moment I entered his house, I saw a girl's photograph on the wall with flower garland around it. No doubt it was the same girl whom I had met couple of days earlier. She was the daughter of the farmer who had passed away 10 years ago! As I was standing there, suddenly a thought crossed my mind. What would have happened had I insisted on walking her to the house? How would have she reacted at that? I had met her on 17th November and to my astonishment, her brother said that it was same day that she had met her end 10 year earlier. I had cold sweat down my spine. I enquired carefully with the family if anyone had encountered or felt her presence ever around or if anyone had seen her like I did in last 10 years to which everyone replied negative. I made few enquiries in Anjarle and Harnai village as well as in Kelshi during my stay if anyone had given ride to a girl from Mandangad. I could not find a single person who had met her ever.

After my vacations were over, I drove back the same road to my home. I could not separate her thoughts from my mind and tried to have clarification as much as possible. I had no doubt in my mind that the girl I had met was the farmer's daughter as I could make it clearly from her photograph. The details she had told me about her activities on the night she died were matching perfectly with the night 10 years ago. Some questions which remained in my mind were:-

1. Where was she in these 10 years?

2. What made her to come back suddenly after 10 years?

3. Of all the people, why did she meet me that day exactly 10 years after her death?

4. Why did she say, "I will meet you again!"?

Was I supposed to have another encounter with her?

I was sure of one thing that she didn't have any intention to hurt me or scare me. Had that been her intention, she had all the opportunity as I was with her for an hour or so.

As days passed on, slowly the memories of my encounter with Ratna faded. I had joined a new job and was really busy with my office and other activities. I had not visited Harnai for a couple of years now though I had met my grand-parents when they had visited us in Mumbai. It was very difficult for me to find vacation from office, but this time around I managed to get a week's leave from office and decided to take a trip to Harnai. The moment I thought of trip to Harnai, Ratna's memories came rushing back. Will I meet her again this time? What if I meet her again? What should I ask her? What would she do if at all I meet her? I was not afraid and was now looking forward to the encounter. I left Mumbai late keeping in mind to reach Mandangad by about 11 in the night, but this time there was no signs of her. I waited at that spot for 10 minutes anticipating she would make an appearance, but no avail. Thinking that it was a chance encounter I moved on.

Another year passed and I happen to visit to Harnai again as my grand-father had organized a get-together of all family members at his home. My parents had left earlier and I was supposed to join couple of days later. I was once again on way to Harnai, leaving Mumbai late in the day. Busy with daily schedule, Ratna's thought had been out of my mind for a while now.

I left NH3 at Tole phata and had reached Mandangad at about 11. 30 and as I reached the same spot where I had picked her about 3 years back, I saw her again! This time though, she was not waving down to me, but was expecting me to stop. As she approached my car, I looked at my watch and the date on it showed 17th November! She calmly opened the door of the car and got in without a word. It was the same salwar-kameez she was wearing and same calm expression as it was 3 years ago! I was not scared at all at her presence, cause I was sure she didn't mean to hurt me. As we moved on, she asked me,

"Mi kon he tula kalala aahe, bhiti nahi vatat tula?"

("You know about me now, are you not scared?")

I told her that I was surprised to know about her but was not scared as I knew she didn't intend to hurt me at all. She nodded understandingly but warned me though that everyone is not like her and some are really nasty ones.

I had so many questions in my mind. After my first encounter with her, I had taken keen interest in paranormal world and had read lots of stuff and met few people in this field. And now I had a paranormal entity sitting right next to me in my car. It was a situation of its own kind.

I started asking her questions one after the other and she answered all of them with detailed information. The information she gave me was so detailed that I can not give it all here. As I had already read many books on this subject it was confirmation of what I had read from her. She told me what exactly happens at the time of death and immediately afterwards.

I asked her where she was for 10 years after her death and our first encountered to which she replied that she was in 'Bhuvar-lok' in form of Sukshma Sharira (small physique) which is made up of thin air.

Why did she chose me to communicate that to after 10 years, to which she replied that, it was because I was the first person with whom she could communicate at sub-conscious level. There was some more relation between us which she did not disclose. It is not possible for everyone to interact with a paranormal entity and it's the other way round as well. Paranormal entities can not communicate to everyone as well!

Why could I not see her last year on my way to Harnai?

She could not take a human form that night though she was able to see me waiting for her to appear.

How long would she be in this state and would make appearances?

She said, her life span was supposed to be few more years in mortal world and because she had died in an accident, she had to spend those remaining years before she could progress to next lok which is "Swarga lok" or re-born in "Bhu lok" which is mortal world unless she's instructed otherwise. I asked her how long was the span but she replied, she didn't know exact amount of time.

What if I wanted to meet her sometime or somewhere else?

She said that she had no restriction of place, but she can not meet me frequently whenever I wanted to as it would be interfering with the strict restrictions to which every paranormal entity is bound to and would prolong her stay in Bhuvarlok.

We had reached the spot where she had died and she recounted the whole incident to me how it had happened. She had died instantly after she was thrown out of car after the accident and her head had hit a stone. We continued our conversation for some time. She had been helping people near death to get used to paranormal life after their death as this was her assigned task. After some time she said, its time for her to go now. I asked her,

"Mala punha bhetshil?"

("Will you meet me again?")

She replied that she can meet me anywhere as she had said earlier, but I have to be very careful to be alone and it can be preferably after evening. Also I have to ensure that the meetings are not frequent. I assured her that I would not want to interfere in her world and would be glad to meet her when it is possible for her and she herself appears before me again.

I got in my car and moved on. I had met her for second time!

I didn't have any encounter with Ratna for year or so after that.

My dad had retired from office and we were looking to get a new home in suburbs. We had almost finalized down on an apartment and were about to sign a deal. After discussion with the property dealer for the price and bank regarding the loan, I came back home exhausted after a long day. I have a habit of taking a walk after dinner. As I was too tired that day, I just went to terrace of my apartment for a stroll. As I entered the terrace, there was no body there. I began walking up and down on the terrace and as I started my 3rd round, I saw someone standing on the other corner. I wondered who it can be as I had the door behind me and was certain that whoever it was didn't come that way.

Walking at a normal pace I reached over near that person and it was none other than Ratna! She had appeared on my terrace this time! I was happy to see her again but before I said anything. She said very curtly,

"Nako jaus tya gharat, tula hech sangayala aale aaj, ti jaga changli nahi tuzyasathi"

("Don't go there, I came today only to tell you this. It is not a good place for you.")

I was startled! Why did she say that? It was a really nice apartment and we had bargained a lot with the property dealer and I had taken enough pain to get loan from the banks and now this girl was putting me off. I asked her why she insisted me on not taking that apartment but she refused to give me any details. She flatly told me that it was not good for me and my family, that's all. I could sense a definite concern and urge in her voice about stopping us to move there. That moment itself I decided to cancel the deal. I told her I won't go there at which point she smiled and just went away to other corner of the terrace and as I was watching, she just mixed away with thin air and disappeared.

Later on I came to know that previous owner of the apartment had committed suicide and prior to that there was a murder that had occurred in that apartment! Perhaps that was the reason Ratna wanted to keep me away from there.

I had few more encounters with Ranta. I asked her once if I can take a picture of her but she refused. She had told me many details of life beyond death and different kinds of paranormal entities and about the powerhouse we call it as god. My wife also happened to see her once before we were married. I clearly remember the date as it was 10th September 2005... The last time we had seen her... She told me that time had come for her to move to a different life and we won't meet again. She blessed us and left without ever coming back.

To this date, I have never seen her again. I hope wherever she is in whatever state she stays happy. I wonder what it was between two of us that kept her bringing back again and again, I only guess that there was some sort of relation between us for sure.

[Diana]

A Scary Experience

I am Maahi and I am of 14 years old. I live in Hyderabad. Before entering into the story I want to introduce myself. Nobody in our family believe ghost or their existence, but they strongly believe in god. I am the only one girl who firmly believes in ghost and god.

So, entering into the story, in Summer vacation I always visit my grandma's house in Hyderabad only. So, my aunt (my mother's own sister), whenever they go out to a restaurant or a movie they used to take me too because they used to live near my grandma's house. So, sometimes it was getting late at night and they used to take me to their house instead of dropping me in grandma's house to stay that night.

Once they took me to a movie and it was late at night (around 11:00 pm) so they took me to their house and I slept there that night. It was an apartment and I was sleeping in a bed which was attached to the window. Suddenly, I got a nightmare that a ghost appeared on other side of the window and it was keeping his hands inside the walls as it was pressing me at my hips and I am suffering from severe pain. I suddenly opened my eyes and I was really feeling a severe pain at my hips. So, I was chanting Hanuman Chalisa and tried to get sleep but when I closed my eyes and stopped chanting, I felt that someone entered into the room and shouted at me loudly. I was feeling very much scared and I began to feel paralyzed and I was also not able to speak. So, slowly I opened my eyes and I saw a shadow-like structure and I shouted loudly and everyone in the house got up. My aunt told to me to sleep with her as I was not able to talk and that night and my condition was also very bad. The next day I was admitted in hospital because I was suffering from high fever, vomits and weakness.

From that day, whenever I sleep in my Aunt's House I was used to take a photo of god and used to keep it under pillow. REALLY VERY SCARY AND WEIRD EXPERIENCE.

[Diana]

A Series Of Encounters And The Shadow Beast On The Ceiling

It was May 13, 2011, I got a call from my friend Ram. He wants to go for a long drive and then have some Dhaba food and come back. I said I am fine with it and immediately called up another friend, Venkat, to check if he is free. He was also ok with the plan.

Next 15 minutes I get a call, it's Ram again. He said that they are waiting for me outside my house. Since it was mid-summer and the summer heat was killing, they wanted to do a bike ride. I took out my bike, 3 of us (on 2 bikes) started towards Medchel and then toofran its around 60Km drive from my place. When we crossed Medchel, the roads are free and the wind was blowing. It was a good weather out there. We crossed the toll gate in toofran. We found few Dhabas out there, ordered the food and by the time we finished dinner it was 11:45 Pm.

Now started driving back home. I don't know but I had some mixed feeling that something is wrong, as if somebody is watching or following us. I ignored it, was enjoying the breeze. The roads were empty, very less traffic for some reason. We were maintaining same pace of 50Kmph speed, all of a sudden both me and Ram (bike drivers) both saw it and pulled the breaks hard. We almost ran over a black cat which was crossing the road. I have never seen such a pitch black cat in my life. We looked at each other, laughed and started to drive.

After few kilometers drive, just to check how dark the night was, we switched off our head lamp for few seconds and turned it on. Man that was really dark, pitch dark. We wanted to do it again for the second time. It was fun driving in the dark, so tried it for the third time. To our horror, for the 3rd time when we switched on the lights, we were couple of meters behind a halted lorry. If the head lamps were switched on after a second, we would we would have smashed on to the halted lorry. Trust me guys, my heart almost reached my mouth. I realized that something is not right. No more switching off the lamps. By the time we were about to reach some village, Ram's rear tyre was flat. We thought we were lucky to have a flat tyre few meters close to a village. Thought we can get it fixed sooner.

We found the shop and the guy took out the tube and was about to glue it. To our fate, power cut. The shop fellow managed to fix the tube with some emergency lamp. But the problem is, to put the blow we need power.

Since it was already late, the people in the village might have slept off and its dark every where. Suddenly I felt pat on my shoulder, I thought Venkat was calling me. I replied what? No response. When I turned back there is nobody. I called Venkat, he responded and the voice was coming form the other side. I was stunned again. Ram was a meter away from me and I asked him if he has seen some one behind me, he said no. It was strange, now I know that something is following us.

After half hour, the power was back, the tyre got fixed, I was still in a thinking mood. Back on the road again, I told them what had happened near that shop. They laughed at me and told me that it was my imagination. I tried to accept that I was imagining, but my mind was not accepting it.

It was around 2:45 Am by the time we reached Venkat's place. Since it was already late, we thought to sleep at Venkat's place as he had a separate room on the terrace, so no need to wake any one up. Took the stairs and reached the room, it's a newly constructed room. It was around 3:00am, the beds were arranged, both Ram and Venkat went to sleep immediately. I was still thinking.

I was about to fall asleep. In fact, I was half asleep, when suddenly I could see a huge beast falling directly on me from the ceiling. It was very heavy. It happened in a fraction of a second. I screamed. Both my friends woke up, started shouting at me, "What's wrong with you? Why the hell did you shout like that? Do you want to disturb the entire colony?"

I told them that something heavy fell on me from the roof. They just ignored it and asked me to go back to sleep. Apparently I had to sleep. I woke up in the morning and told them that its not my imagination. It was real.

Even today I feel the incident fresh in my mind and I still have that figure, that beast in my mind. It was like a gorilla, a huge gorilla with long fangs and green eyes. I can't forget that day ever in my life.

[Diana]

A Shadow Near The Playground

This is the most recent brush with the paranormal which I had had about 3 months back in early August. I remember the date 11th as it was my friend Shivanis birthday and we had gone out to celebrate. The restaurant we chose was out of the city limits so we had taken my car. There were two of my guy friends (can't reveal their names), Shivani and me. When you are with friends you never know how the time passes by (sigh, relativity) and soon it was 10-30pm. It was getting pretty late so we decided to get going. One of the guys was driving the car as I was feeling quite sleepy, everyone was full and feeling sleepy so none of us talked much. I just want to state that none of us was in the least bit drunk so that what we experienced later cannot be blamed on alcohol.

Now when you get back to the city, you need to take the highway leading to it. While going back there is a large ground (there is a residential area and a college as well) where the guys play football, cricket and all kinds of games. We were getting closer to it when one of the guys insisted that they should have a smoke, I didn't like it at all. I don't smoke and Shivani hated smoking too, so I said let's just get home and get some sleep, to which they said that the next day being a Sunday it was okay if we had some fun and stayed out late. Reluctantly, I agreed and they backed the car in the parking lot, they have parking as there is a big swimming pool maintained by the municipal corporation and an indoor games gym as well.

The ground is huge, it was the rainy season and it was covered with grass, there was a nice cool breeze blowing my hair gently in my face and the air had a crisp chill to it, it felt really good. There are some cement steps encircling the ground where people can sit and watch the others play or just take a break from whatever you had been doing. At night however you find couples making out and wanting some solitude, or some teens who come to have a beer and hang out. But after 11:00pm it's pretty much deserted save for a couple stray dogs or 1-2 people lounging around.

Getting back to my narrative, the guys headed to the steps to sit around and have their smoke while Shivani and I took a walk. Both of us don't like the poisonous fumes, so we maintained a bit of a distance between them and us. She and I didn't talk much as both of us were enjoying the night air and the calmness of the nature. I was remembering about how I used to be there at the ground during the vacations with my friends for a game of badminton or just checking the boys out. I remembered a really hot guy in our college and was telling her about it when all of a sudden I got this feeling you get when you know that there is someone behind you, abruptly I shut up and whipped around to find no one back there, that was weird as I definitely felt someone behind me. I asked her if she felt the way I did, she replied that she felt that someone was following us and we should probably get going. I looked back at the guys who were silently smoking their cigarettes, I thought maybe they were taking a stroll as well and had sneaked behind us to scare us or something like that. We started walking back to the parking lot, both of us were walking without speaking of a word, there seemed to be someone walking behind us as there was the soft squishing sound made by the grass as someone walks on it. It seemed to be getting closer, we broke into a run and made it to the steps where the guys were sitting and both of them laughed and said that we looked like we had seen a ghost.

I admitted I was scared and I wanted to leave, they agreed. Shivani and I continued to look behind us, now there was concrete below our feet and still there was the sound of someone following us. The person seemed to be barefoot judging from the sound of the footsteps, there is a row of sodium lights at the boundary of the ground and when we got there, all of us saw a shadow of a person directly behind us.

One of the guys was the first to see it and he swore and pointed it out to us. All of us stared at it open mouthed, it wasn't like the shadows cast on the ground but seemed like the person itself was made up of shadow, we made a dash for the car. We got in, the person/shadow was nowhere to be seen. We decided to get out of there and tried to start the car. I was in the driver's seat now, and no matter how hard I turned the key in the ignition it simply didn't start. The guy who was driving it before me said that I should let him try, I slid in the back seat without opening the door and he too tired to start the car in vain. It is a brand new Linea, so the car having any problems is out of the question. We gave up trying and just sat there in the car.

Each of us started checking their respective cell phones for service; none of us had any network coverage. So we just decided to wait. Waiting was quite uncomfortable as my car has power windows and we couldn't roll them down without starting the car. It was pretty suffocating in there and we were afraid to open the doors in case Mr. Shadow come in. One of us had an idea that we could see a ghost through the camera of a cell phone; we decided to try and switched on the camera. Nothing unusual showed up on the screen at first, there was only the orange light of the sodium lights on the ground and the wall fencing, the buildings, but as he moved it around, there was the image of a person on the screen, it seemed to be standing at a spot about 6-7 feet from our car. It looked like a man, for the image didn't show any signs of it being a woman like a bosom or the delicate feminine figure. It just showed a grey man, just a shadow of his former self, whatever he might have been, the parking lot, and the walls. He was just standing, dangerously close to where we were. Maybe it became aware of us watching him or maybe it just thought of doing it, but the person started walking toward us. I screamed, (we were glued to the screen, scared yet mesmerized) the screen went blank, the batteries were dead, we had been using it for just maybe 5 or 6 minutes. Now we couldn't see him and he was on the move, which was scary. I was sweating and I was confused as though how the fully charged cell phone suddenly lost its charge. Something knocked on the driver's side window of the car. All of us jumped in our seats, he (the guy who was driving) frantically started trying the ignition again. It just whined once and died.

There were two or three more knocks on the door and no more. My heart beat so fast I thought it would come out of my chest, suddenly the engine fired up. Whatever it was seemed to have gone, just like that. My head was pounding and I felt the leathered upholstery spin around and everything blacked out. I guess I just passed out from the fear, when I woke up, my head was in Shivanis lap and everyone was looking anxiously at me. I brushed hair out of my mouth and assured that I was okay and it was nothing, I looked around to see where we were and was relieved to see that we had left the ground behind and were on our way now, even now my head was throbbing, I had a sip of water and sat quietly for the ride back home. I was angry with the guys for coming up with that stupid idea and didn't do anything to hide it. We reached the building where the guys stayed, said goodnight to each other and headed to Shivanis home after assuring them a lot of times that I was now okay (I made them say sorry to me as well ha-ha) and I could drive, I was staying at Shivanis home that night as we had planned and we stayed up until dawn discussing what would have happened that moment if our car had not started and we would have opened the door.

We do discuss the episode amongst us sometimes but it has been kept secret from everyone else. We visit the ground even now but have not experienced anything like that again and still do not know who or what it was that we had encountered that night. Maybe a restless soul seeking help, who knows. Thank you for reading, please leave a comment below if you know what it might have been or have encountered a similar thing.

[Diana]

A Small Girl With A Black Cat

have always been a firm believer in ghosts from childhood. The experience that I am going to share with you today has occurred many years ago, when I was 6-7 years old.

We used to stay in a 1 BHK house which was rented by my dad's company. The flat was like a train's bogey with all rooms in line. The outer most room being a living room, the middle one was a bedroom and the last room was a huge kitchen followed by a toilet and a bathroom.

Back then me, my elder brother and my parents used to sleep together on a big twin bed. And since we were small, my mom used to keep a small bulb always on so that we would not get frightened of the darkness. But since the day I remember, I always felt that something was watching me or was behind me. I used to also often get sick for unknown reasons and get fits.

Once it happened that in the night when me and my friend, who is now my best buddy, were playing in a verandah outside and since her mom called she said she would be right back. I was waiting for her and the lights suddenly went. Since I was getting bored, I started calling her name and searching for her. It was pitch black and suddenly I felt that something was behind me. Someone grabbed my head and banged it very hardly on a wall.

I do not remember what happened after this but found myself on my mom's lap and everyone was praying and applying angara (holy ash) on my forehead. I was burning with fever. An old woman staying nearby immediately did some rituals to make me fine. It took me 2 days to recover and until now that experience brings goosebumps to me. My mom never discussed with me what had happened that night.

In that house I used to always see a girl holding a black cat in the door of living room at night. She used to just stand and look at me. I finally got so scared one day that I told mom that I do not want the bulb to be on from now and until date I sleep with a blanket on my head.

When I told my mom about this last year she was shocked and asked me why I did not tell her at that time. Then I asked her about that night. She then revealed that I had become completely bluish and my eyes had become white with no pupils at all. And the moment they applied the holy ash I became normal.

I have never experienced anything in any other houses where we stayed later other than this house. I will be sharing my another experience when I was in Goa for my honeymoon in 2010.